Core MCSD: Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6 (ISBN 0130139882) Book Reviews 1-11 Sorted By Most Recent, at VeryWellSaid.com

I wish I had used the MCSD in a Nutshell book

I spent about a week before the exam plowing through this book. It tries to be light in some places, but mostly it just lists the information and doesn't give you much sense of why it's interesting or useful. (And VB is so overloaded with stuff that most of what's covered on the exam isn't useful to most developers.) It was a decent study guide, and I passed the test just barely, but I definitely wouldn't recommend this book to anyone else. Check out O'Reilly's MCSD in a Nutshell, which you'll read quicker and remember more. (If I had known that book existed, I never would have bought this one.)

Good luck on your test!

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-09-13 07:17:09 EST)

09-10-01

(NA)

Excellent book for the VB desktop certification

This is the best book available till date in the market.
This book is very easy to read and covers all the topics for the certification.

I highly recommend this book.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-06-27 09:21:28 EST)

04-25-01

1\1

I just passed today!

This book defintely helped me pass the test. The test covered every topic on the test, including the Package and Deployment wizard and VSS, which other books tend to be weak on. It was easy to see how each topic matched the topics on the exam. Each concept is marked with a number that corresponds to a topic on the exam, so you can see which chapter in the book covers each part of the exam. There are typos, and I found a few questions that gave incorrect answers in the answer key, but overall it was the best book out of the three books I purchased(O'Reilly's came in a close second, with Coriolis Exam Prep a far distant third)

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-06-25 07:05:23 EST)

03-23-01

1\3

vague explanations... still could pass exam

yeah i still passed exam. didn't like the book much. the facts are not explained to the point. lot of pages with no content. i would recommend to study an exam cram, and msdn too to be confident for the exam.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-06-25 07:05:23 EST)

05-05-00

1\11

Visual Basic 6

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(Review Data Last Updated: 2007-06-27 09:21:28 EST)

03-02-00

2\3

Typos aside, still solid

I found the book to be an excellent prep for the exam. Some of the unworking code examples are fragments of code that aren't intended to stand alone. I can't comment on code provided on the CD as I didn't use it. The book does not lead you by the hand, which for me was a good thing. It could be better, but couple this with MSDN Library or MSDN Online and you're rolling.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-06-25 07:05:22 EST)

01-21-00

4\8

Incorrect information, errored code,horrible learning tool.

This book although covers most of the material on the exam, it misleads you with its errors. Horrible code examples, half of them do not work, as well as incorrect Q&A at the end of every chapter.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-06-25 07:05:22 EST)

12-03-99

10\10

Room for Improvement

I passed this exam today. While this book was helpful and covered most every exam objective in sufficient depth, it needs some work. For God's sake, when will somebody create an MCSD book that doesn't have a glaring error in every chapter? From wrongly keyed practice tests to glaring contradictions, this book had it all. Case in point, pp.126-127 "(the controls) collection is not a true Visual Basic Collection because it does not support the full member set that a Visual Basic Collection object has. However, it does have a COUNT property, as well as ITEM, ADD, and REMOVE methods." Umm...that's what a VB collection has. The content (when it was correct) was sufficient, but the book was soured by such errors. Did I mention get the Transcenders?

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-06-25 07:05:22 EST)

12-02-99

0\2

Hire a proofreader!

This book may have very good topics in it but you constantly have to check to make sure the information is correct. It appears that the author is a fan of cut and paste and does not bother to edit the text after pasting. Therefore you get a bunch of incorrect information.

Maybe it is a way for the author to constantly test the reader to see if they are paying attention but, I doubt it.

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-06-25 07:05:22 EST)

11-22-99

4\4

A great study guide

To make it short and sweet--this book helped me pass the exam. Good, complete coverage of objectives. Helpful background material, too. I'm glad I bought it!

(Review Data Last Updated: 2006-06-25 07:05:22 EST)

11-20-99

2\3

Another disappointment!